Hi Paul,
I found this in the transcript 'What Is The Gospel Of The Kingdom?'
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THERE ARE TWO SEEDS
Now let’s go back and get a little more prospective on everything.
There are two seeds on the earth. In Genesis 3 we read about the seed of the serpent (the seed of Satan) and the seed of the woman, there are the two seeds.
Now we are going to see the progression of the gospel. In Genesis 3;
Gen 3:15 And I will put enmity between you (serpent) and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He (it) will bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.
This is talking about something that is going to come and bruise - the word is actually closer to crush than bruise, in both places.
So we have this promise of a Seed back in the garden, the Seed of the woman. Now we come a few generations down the road and God says to Abraham.
Gen 22:18 And in your Seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.
We want to follow the progression of the seed, so look at Galatians 3.
Gal 3:16 And to Abraham and to his Seed the promises were spoken. It does not say, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, "And to your Seed," which is Christ.
So we see just read that in Genesis 22, I’m going to bless all nations, in your seed.
Notice “And to your Seed” and He said not as to seeds, with a ‘s’ plural “as of many; but as of one, to your Seed (singular - one Seed), which is Christ.”
There it is. So we were promised the Seed through Eve and God said through Abraham I’m going to bless your Seed and then we come to the New Testament and it says Jesus Christ is that Seed. What was taught back there was the gospe.
That was the gospel in chapter 3 of Genesis. That was the gospel in chapter 12, 18 and 22 of Genesis, to Abraham. Now we come down and we say that this Seed is Christ. So it’s going to come about through Christ, the one Seed. Jesus is the Seed of Abraham - the Seed of the woman, the one Seed by which the whole world is going to be blessed. Paul tells us this is the beginning of the gospel.
Now we have the two seeds. Notice this, here in 1 Peter are the two Seeds.
1Peter 4:17 For the time is come for judgment to begin at the house of God: and if it begin first at us, what shall be the end of them that obey not the gospel of God?
You’ve got the seed of the Serpent and you’ve got the Seed of the woman. The seed of the woman, through the Seed of Christ, is going to obey the gospel. How are they going to come into obedience, by the way? What is going to bring about this obedience? Judgment! “for judgment to begin at the house of God” that’s how you come into obedience to the gospel.
Paul says what is going to happen to those who don’t obey the gospel of God. We have that answered in 2 Thes. 1:8, with God’s fiery wrath and indignation is going to be poured out on those, who what? Do not obey the gospel of Jesus Christ.
2Thes 1:8 in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Keep everything in mind now. We have a good message - a good news message through God to Eve, there is coming a Seed in you and it’s going to do battle against the seed of the serpent.
Then God tells Abraham I’m going to bless all nations through your Seed. Paul says Jesus Christ is that Seed.
But the two Seeds keep going, the two Seeds are here until the end of time. Those that obey the gospel - those that do not obey the gospel, you are of your father the devil. If you were Abraham’s children, the seed of the woman, you wouldn’t do that.
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Hope this helps
mercy, peace and love
Kat